Elite
Platform: Amiga 500
Region: Europe
Media: Floppy
Controller: Mouse
Genre: Strategy - First Person - Sci-Fi
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1988
Developer: Mr. Micro
Publisher: Firebird Software Ltd.
Players: 1 Only
Licensed from: David Braben, Ian Bell
Relationship: Precursor to Frontier: Elite II, has a modified version: Elite Advanced
Hardware: OCS
Conversions: Atari ST - MS-DOS - Commodore 64 - Commodore plus4 - ZX spectrum - Amstrad CPC - MSX
Disks: 1
Programmer: Gary Patchen, Rob Nicholson
Musician: Wally Beben (Wal Beban/Hagar)
Designer: James McDermott
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You have a ship with virtually no equipment. Take her and trade among the different star systems. You can be safe and trade on razor-thin margins among the safe systems, or take some risks and trade with anarchic systems while watching out for pirates. You can save on fuel costs by buying a fuel scoop and fly near the sun, but again, watch out for pirates! Or be a pirate yourself and raid other ships...  Don't get a bad rep as the police will come after you... Dock with space stations and do your trades (some may take contraband...) Upgrade your ship with your proceeds with better weapons,  shields, and other equipment. With 8 different galaxies, each with HUNDREDS of planets, there are plenty of room for exploration! Can you make your reputation all the way up to "elite"?
 
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/elite

CONVERSION NOTES:

- Based on 1984 Acornsoft BBC B Micro release.
- Unofficial Enterprise 64/128 conversion exists using ZX Spectrum release.
- ELITE+ only was released for PC (EGA/VGA).
- BBC Electron cartridge version was unreleased.
- PC versions: CGA, EGA, VGA

[1] The Action 16 budget release of ELITE PLUS is the same as the original release of Amiga ELITE V2.0. The reason for this is that ELITE PLUS, a bug-fixed release for other platforms, roughly coincided with the delayed conversion of Amiga ELITE.

[2] Elite's docking sequence and music is "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss. Its use suggests the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" which also features the piece.

[3] Known releases: V1.0 and V2.0

http://hol.abime.net/2834

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CHEATS:

Further jumps:
This technique can result in a distance of 80 light
years in about two jumps. Buy some fuel and launch from the station.
Press [F6] to display the local cluster chart and select
a planet that lies within the fuel range. Press H to jump
into hyperspace and the pointer will disappear.  However, it may
still be moved even though it is invisible.  Move the pointer
to a planet outside the range and press to get the local chart
for that planet.  This must be done within the ten second limit
of the countdown.  This should cause the jump to move to the selected
planet, well outside the 7.2 light year range. 

Control ship preview:
Press A when the rotating ships appear on the
opening screen to stop their movement.  Use the cursor keys to
rotate the ships.  Hold A and press a cursor key to rotate
them differently.  Press O or I to zoom in and out.
 Press D to continue.

View credits:
Press W when flying to view your score and the
credits.

Longer song:
Press H to jump into hyperspace, then engage
the docking computer when the counter is below 5.  The song, The
Blue Danube will play until your ship reaches the next station.

Cheat mode:
Enter SARA or SUZANNE when prompted for
a word from the manual during the copy protection check. Then,
enter a valid word when the prompt appears again. Press [Keypad
Plus] and/or [Keypad Asterisk] during game play to
display the cheat screen. A prompt for a byte and new value will
appear. Enter the first number of the set, press [Enter],
enter the second number, press [Enter], then press [Esc]
to resume game play. Note: Press [Help] to edit the amount
of arms and cargo.  Additionally, this will not work in the Space
Legends compilation version of the game.



Effect|Byte/Value

Create a new galaxy|12/00-FF

Create a new galaxy|13/00-FF

Extra credits|18/FF

7 light years fuel|1F/46

Escape capsule|20/01

Large cargo bay|23/02

ECM system; press L to toggle|24/01

Pulse laser|26/01

Galactic hyperdrive or Beam Laser|28/01

Escape pod|2C/01

Energy bomb|2F/01

ECM jammer|31/01

Naval energy unit|31/0C

Docking computer|32/01

Galactic hyperdrive|34/03

Mining laser|36/01

Military laser|38/01

Cloaking; press Y to toggle|3F/01

Food|40/01

Textiles|47/01

Radioactives|49/01

Slaves|4C/01

Wine|50/01

Narcotics|54/01

Computers|5C/01

Machinery|63/01

Alloys|67/01
Firearms|69/01

Furs|6C/01
Minerals|72/01

Gold|75/01
Platinum|79/01

Gem stones|83/01

Alien items|84/01

Refugees from Super Nova|88/01

Important Thargoid doc|8C/01

Clean legal status|(may be 97 - 01)|91/00

Harmless - Elite ranking|97/00-08

Loads of combat points|98/FF

Seek & destroy|9D/01

Deliver Thargoid Docs|9D/02

Rescue Refugees|9D/03

Destroy Cougar|9D/04

Destroy Space Station|9D/05
